Watched: Thriller S1E37, The Grim Reaper 🍿 William Shatner & Natalie Schafer nail this episode! Perfect Thriller.
Watched: Helsinki Crimes S1E7, The Iron Room 🍿 Wow, final set from season one. Dark show, good writing, nice acting.
I’ve picked up so many new songs or bands not from the radio or social media, but from movie soundtracks. This has been true for the last few years.
Some amazing recent bands are:
- Delilah Bon
- Tears for the Dying
- Alter Boys
- Death Valley Girls
- Hellbender (H6llb6nd6r)
- Altar de Fey
- Poppy
Watched: The Serpent’s Skin 🍿 🩷🩷🩷🏳️⚧️
Watched: Ready or Not 🍿
Worth $4, not really $5.
Watched: Queens of the Dead 🍿 Just keeps getting better and better each rewatch!
Watched: Hellbender 🍿Even better the second time watching. Great soundtrack, acting and story!
Watched: Capricorn One 🍿
Hasn’t aged as well as some flicks from the era but parts are fantastic. Love Karen Black, Elliot Gould & the black helicopters.
Incredible Weekend
Spending time with friends over the weekend was fantastic. Saw people I hadn’t seen in months or years. Incredibly supportive interactions and talks. With some people, I talked about the changes I’ve been going through and how happy I was. It wasn’t a drama session or looking for support, just sharing something about what I’ve been up to. People were just amazing.
But those weren’t the only good times. Just being accepted and talking like friends do when you get together. I wasn’t the trans person, I was just Dawn. I was just someone they knew for ages and we just sat around, talked, ate, drank, and simply did what human beings need to do, be social with each other.
Three nights in a row (pretty insane for an introvert like me) of social interactions, and they were all so great. 🩷 🏳️⚧️
Irrational Numbers by George Alec Effinger
Finished reading: Irrational Numbers by George Alec Effinger 📚
I loved “And Us, Too, I Guess”. It was really dark, wow. At first I thought it was too slow, but the alternating points of view and the disintegration of everything really worked.
“Hard Times” was terrifying and amazing; dark, powerful and precise. Something out of America today with thugs & evil people running things. Also a frightening thought about potential future hiring practices/vetting procedures.
“Lydectes: On the Nature of Sport” was an interesting meta text that presages the type of rhetoric and realities of an America 50 years after it was written.
I didn’t really enjoy the other pieces.
I’m writing again and looking forward to getting my next collection of poetry out this year. I started working on this new collection, tentatively called Being, while I was in the process of publishing “Becoming”. I took a break for a bit, too much of life was demanding attention. But, it’s been flowing again and I’m happy about that.
Looking back on this exciting and at times scary transition, I’m still amazed at the wonderful people I’ve interacted with. I’ve gotten support from people I expected it from, and from people I didn’t expect it from. I’ve also gotten it from total strangers. That’s not to say that it’s all been peaches and cream, but overall, I’ve been extremely lucky. It’s nice to have something positive to say about humanity in these times.
Finished reading: Stag Dance by Torrey Peters 📚 4*. I really enjoyed having a physical copy of her short stories. The main novella was good though it might have worked a little better as a short story. Very much enjoyed the collection overall
Watched: Monica 🍿 powerful 😢
Watched: Agatha Christie’s Poirot S1E5, The Third Floor Flat 🍿
I loved these episodes when they first aired. They don’t really stand the test of time but the production quality is still amazing. I’ve never lusted after clothes like the ones on this series. 1920s/30s fashions rocked. I’d kill for the red dress in this particular episode.
Never actually cried during a trailer for a film. “Monica” is that trailer. Watched twice before, and going to watch again tomorrow. If you haven’t seen, check it out. And if you like it, read Vanishing Monuments by John Elizabeth Stintzi. Just beautiful writing. 🏳️⚧️🍿📚
Watched: Queens of the Dead 🍿amazing!! 🩷🩷🩷
Watched: Scanners 🍿 Enjoyed. Nostalgic trip and some additional thoughts …
But to balance out the day, also had a woman come up to me in the market and have her ask me about my ruffle ankle socks and say nice things about them. It made my day. Just a simple acknowledgment of something cute. Nothing political or hardcore, just human interaction